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What caregivers do for you?

Updated on: August 19th, 2019 • Resource: Adult Foster Care, Caregiver, Elderly Home Care, Home Health Care

In today’s world, a lot of health problems are occurring due to several reasons, and the cost of treatment for such issues is increasing day by day, and this is why the cost of living in a hospital is rising dramatically. This provides an excellent opportunity for the caregivers because caregivers offer the chance to the adults who have a disability or from serious illness to receive the care which they need at their home. Moreover, the caregiving saves a lot of bucks (which the admission in a hospital requires) as compared to other methods. 

The caregiving industry comprises most of the female as compared to the males, and those females should deserve a standing ovation because the amount of emotional stress, anxiety, workload, and the communication gap which they have received from the care recipient is of no match. 

However, the amount of care which a care recipient receives comes at the cost of the health of the caregiver himself/herself because the caregiver works tremendously to provide intense attention to the enrollee so that everything goes fine and according to the plan.

The caregivers are not less than an angel for the people who are suffering from diseases such as the Alzheimer’s because these kind of problems are harder to deal with and it has also been stated that many a times the loved ones of such a patient feel so much tired that they give up on such people, but instead of giving up on your blood it is better to ask someone else who can look after them for a fee and that too in a proper way and the one who has experience in dealing with such care recipients. 

The caregivers not only suffer from poor health as we have already discussed because along with it they also suffer from the financial losses that is if they reduce their working hours or leave their jobs due to so much workload and stress because this job requires a lot of work and super commitment. According to the reliable stats most caregivers lose around $650,000 during their lifespan because they pay about $550,000 in the foregone wages, $25,500 in the social security, and some $67k in the pension advantage. 

By seeing all these stats, one can surely understand the amount of effort and sacrifice which the caregivers put in their jobs just so the community also remains healthy. https://masscarelink.org/ppc/adult-foster-care-2/

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